Political Trust, Shocks, and Accountability: Quasi-experimental Evidence from a Rebel Attack
| Autor: | Mogens Kamp Justesen, Scott Gates |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Conflict
Sociology and Political Science Civil wars media_common.quotation_subject Public opinion Affect (psychology) Politics Quasi experiment Political science 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration 050207 economics Insurgency media_common business.industry 05 social sciences Domestic politics General Business Management and Accounting Democracy 0506 political science Democratic institutions Political economy Africa Political Science and International Relations Accountability Survey data collection business Quasi-experiment |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Conflict Resolution. 64:1693-1723 |
| ISSN: | 1552-8766 0022-0027 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0022002720906446 |
| Popis: | How does armed conflict affect accountability and political trust in democratic governments? To answer this question, we present quasi-experimental evidence based on survey data which, coincidentally, were collected in the days surrounding an unanticipated violent attack by a rebel group in Mali. The chance occurrence of the attack five days into the survey demarcates respondents into two groups surveyed before and after the attack and allows us to examine how the attack affected approval of politicians and trust in political institutions. Our results show that people mainly attribute responsibility to the president and not to parliament or local government, while trust in institutions is largely unaffected. We also show that these effects are strongest in the region of the attack. These findings suggest that voters in new democracies are capable of attributing responsibility to individual politicians and governments while maintaining trust in the fundamental political institutions of democracy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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